Mounting and display cards



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MOUNTING AND DISPLAY CARDS Filed July 15, 1944 INVENTOR. Albert R. NuttATTORNEYS Patented July 9, 1946 2,403,":46 MOUNTING AND DISPLAY CARDSAlbert R. Nutt, Lakewood, Ohio, assig'nor to Forest City'Products,;Inc.,Cleveland, Ohio, a

corporation of Ohio Application July 15, 1944, Serial No. 545,027

This invention relates to mounts for small flattened.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention may be said tocomprise a mounting 1 card as illustrated in the accompanying drawinghereinafter described and particularly set forth in appended claims,together with such variations and modifications thereof as will beapparent to one skilled in the art to which the invention pertains.

Reference should be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis specification, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing themounting card bent to article receiving position;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line indicated at 22 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the card with a row of corn pads secured inplace thereon, and

4 Claims. (Cl. 20679) into gripping engagement with articles which havebeen inserted between the spaced edges of the flaps when the card isbent, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The light scoring of the card along thelines l2 weakens the card enough to permit the edge portions of thecards to bend about said lines but not enough to destroy the transverseresiliency'of the card, the card tending to spring back to its fiat formwhen released after bending to permit insertion of an article betweenthe flaps or removal of an article therefrom.

The mounting card herein-shown is designed particularly for mountingcorn pads l5 which may be formed of felted cotton and provided with athin adhesive coated base It. As shown in Fig. 2, the space between thescore lines I2 is somewhat greater than the length of the corn pads l5so that a row of pads can be placed on the portion of the card I ibetween the score lines l2 while the card is bent, as shown in Figs. 1and 2. When the card is flattened, the inner gripping v edges of theflaps I3 engage the soft body of the Fig. 4 is a section taken on theline indicated at 4-4 in Fig. 3.

In the accompanying drawing the invention is shown applied to themounting of corn pads, the mount being in the form of a card II which islightly scored along spaced lines l2 extending the full length thereofto provide bend lines and which has flaps l3 secured to the top facethereof. The flaps l3, which may be formed by folding over the edges ofthe card H, extendinwardly past the score lines l2 and are secured tothe face of the card H outwardly of the score lines I! by suitable meanssuch as a layer of adhesive I 4. The inner portions of the flap l3 whichoverly the score lines 12 are unattached. The inner edges of the flapsare adapted to have gripping engagement with articles resting on thecard ll between the score lines l2. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the cardI! is adapted to be bent on the score lines I! so as to move the inneredges of the flaps l3 outwardly away from the face of the card II and tospread the said edges apart to permit the insertion of one or morearticles between them. When the card is again flattened the inner edgesof flaps l3 are brought pads l5 above the more rigid base portion l6 andas the card approaches its fiat position the free edge portions of theflaps in engagement with the pads are sprung slightly away from the cardII and, due to their resilience, press the bases s of the pads againstthe card ll. In order to properly position pads of oval form the freeedges of the flaps l3 may be provided with scallops I! to receive therounded ends of the pads. pads are lightly gripped by the flaps 13 tohold them against accidental displacement, but individual pads may bereadily removed without disturbing the other pads.

It will be apparent that the present invention provides a mounting cardfor small articles of merchandise which permits a row of articles to berapidly assembled on the card, either manually or by machinery in aposition to be simultaneously gripped and secured to the card when thecard is flattened.

It is to be understood that variations and modifications of the specificdevice herein shown and described for purposes of illustration, may bemade without departing from the spirit of the in- The portion of eachflap and being bendable about said score lines to move said grippingedges away from the portion of the card between the score lines and tospread said edges to permit insertion of an article upon said portion ofthe card between the score lines and between said flaps in position tobe gripped by the flaps when the card is flattened.

2. A mount for articles of merchandise comprising an elongatedrectangular card having parallel score lines extending the full lengththereof, and an elongated article holding flap secured to the face ofthe card outwardly of each of said score lines, said flaps havingunattached inner portions overlying said score lines and opposed innergripping edges spaced apart and substantially parallel, said card beingbendable about said score lines to space said gripping edges from theface of the card and spread the same so that the portion of the cardbetween the score lines and said flaps form a receiving channel in whicharticles may be placed in position to be gripped by the flaps when thecard is flattened.

3. The combination with a plurality of oval corn pads, of an elongatedrectangular card having parallel score lines extending the full lengththereof and spaced apart a distance greater than the length of the pads,and pair of elongated iiaps extending lengthwise of the card forgripping the pads, each flap being attached to the 4 face of the cardoutwardly of one of the score lines and extending inwardly past thesame, the inner portions of the flaps being unattached and the inneredges thereof being normally spaced apart a distance less than thelength of the pads, said inner edges having pad positioning scallops toreceive the ends of the pads, said card being bendable about said scorelines to spread the gripping edges of said flap to permit insertion orremoval of pads.

'4. The combination with a pad having a relatively rigid base portionand a soft body portion, of a mounting card having a central padreceiving portion, score lines extending across the same, one on eachside of said pad receiving portion, and a flap attached to the top faceof the card outwardly of each score line, each flap having an innerunattached portion overlying one of said score lines and the two flapshaving opposed gripping edges, said card being bendable about said scorelines to move the gripping edges of said flaps away from the face of thecard and to spread the same to permit insertion of a pad upon the topface of the card between said gripping edges with its relatively rigidbase engaging the face of the card and its relatively soft body portionin position to be gripped between the edges of said flaps when the cardis flattened.

ALBERT R. NUTT.

